§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he has any estimate of the number of "over-stayers" and others from the Indian Sub-continent who no longer have a valid reason for residence in the United Kingdom, but who still remain;
(2) how many cases are now pending in his Department where people of non-British origin are resident in the United Kingdom and have had their status challenged by hon. Members or others on an official basis;
(3) how many non-British people have been deported over the last 12 months after complaints had been made officially that they no longer satisfied the necessary requirements for residence in the United Kingdom;
(4) how long, on average, it takes to decide, in the case of individuals against whom complaints are made that they do not have a prescriptive right to residence in the United Kingdom, whether they may stay, or if they are to be deported.
§ Mr. RaisonI regret that the information requested is not available.